Man Pushed on Tracks a Churchgoing Grandfather; 'Angels' Rush to Help (VIDEO)
Shou Kuan Lin, 72, remains unconscious with a skull fracture and broken collarbone two days after he was shoved onto subway tracks at a Harlem stop by Rudralall Baldeo, 57. Friends and family say that Lin is a churchgoing man and ask for any and all prayers for their loved one.
Baldeo, a homeless man who was possibly intoxicated at the time, shoved Lin onto the tracks at the 145th and St. Nicholas stop on New York City's Subway A line on Friday. Bystanders jumped down onto the tracks and managed to pull Lin to safety before a train could hit him.
"God sent angels to come help, and I'm very grateful," Lin's wife Yumei Li told the New York Post. "They just brought my husband back up to me without thinking about their lives. They came and helped save my husband. I was shocked but also very moved. If I could meet them, I have to say thank you to them, but I do not know them."
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"He is helped off the roadbed by people who are on the station," Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told CBS. "They went into the roadbed itself and helped him up, and his wife assisted."
Lin was taken to nearby St. Luke's Hospital for treatment; friends and family have visited, including members of the Church of Grace. Pastor Eliyah Shira told the Daily News that Lin was "not out of danger. He is in the process of recovering, but he's not really out of danger. There are a lot of people that need help … psychological help, religious help is needed for these people that push down innocent people."
Baldeo remains held without bail, and attorneys are already arguing over the case. And at least one source told Daily News that Baldo said he was innocent, that the "shove" was an accident and that he said "excuse me" as he passed Lin.
Police "don't actually have a witness who saw (Baldeo) push the victim onto the tracks," defense attorney Edda Ness said.
"He's a homeless person who pushed a stranger onto the subway tracks with no prior provocation," Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Christopher Lin said. "The probability of death in this case is high."
Pastor Shira told CBS that Lin, and others like Baldeo desperately needed prayer.
"From the standpoint of the people that do that, I think they just don't have the peace or the love. They feel frustrated. You know, despair, there's no purpose in life, so we need to do something for them," the pastor said.
Anyone with information about the case is encouraged to contact NYPD Crime Stoppers at (800)-577-TIPS.
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